A review of authenticity research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity

Rickly, Jillian M.

Abstract

Authenticity is one of the oldest and most debated concepts in tourism studies. The last major review of authenticity was published in 1999 in this journal. This review aims to contextualize the developments since that review within the broader trends of 42 years of authenticity research (1979–2020). Working with a sample of 458 research articles, multiple methods of systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (including descriptive statistics, thematic analysis, and keyword co-frequency analysis) are applied. From the findings produced, a number of challenges and opportunities are identified that speak to the viability of future authenticity research in the field. More broadly, this review also serves to launch the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity.

Citation

Rickly, J. M. (2022). A review of authenticity research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity. Annals of Tourism Research, 92, Article 103349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103349

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 29, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jan 14, 2022
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Feb 11, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 2, 2024
• Journal: Annals of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 0160-7383
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-7722
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 92
• Article Number: 103349
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103349
• Keywords: Authenticity; Authentication; Systematic literature review; Bibliometric analysis
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7416608
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160738321002279